mutant flower

[alincippy]

This is my first post here so, hello to everybody!
I just wanted to share a pic of my mini phal mutant flower
Hope you will like it as much as i do ...

[ValorieBoyer]

OMG haha that's awesome! I love the color and the weird dual bloom is just cool. Are all of the blooms that way or just that one?

[windfire6]

That is awesome!

[Mingny]

I absolutely adore it!!!! More photos PLEASE Including the roots. I love pics of roots lol

[WhiteRabbit]

That's awesome!

[alincippy]

just this one is a mutant, the other ones are normal, but still nice

Did it happen to anyone else before?

[vjo]

Yes it happens every once in a while. If you look up peloric blooms you will see lots of pictures....Jean

[RosieC]

Really cool, looks so pretty!

I've had a double like this on my Phal equestris before, your's is pretty though

What most people call peloric is slightly different, though possibly the term does apply here (not sure). What most people call peloric is when the petals take some of the lip's colouring and or shape. A post recently said the term can apply to other mutations though and I can't remember the details.

[l1sav]

Wow....what an amazing looking mutant peloric flower.

[RosieC]

I've remembered now what someone said about the meaning of peloric.

Peloric is any mutation that increases the degree of radial symmetry in the flower (orchids are usually bilaterally symmetric not radially symmetric).

That being the case I would say this flower is NOT peloric as the doubling of the lip decreases the radial symmetry. However I'm not an expert, maybe the doubling of the petals/sepals makes it more radial symetric.

Read here about Paph Mad Man's explanation of the term peloric. This is where I read recently that my previous understanding of Peloric was not accurate.
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...tml#post654500